Pollutant Emissions / 2014 65% open

What data is expected?

Aggregate data about the emission of air pollutants especially those potentially harmful to human health (although it is not a requirement to include information on greenhouse gas emissions). Aggregate means national-level or available for at least three major cities. In order to satisfy the minimum requirements for this category, data must be available for the following pollutants and meet the following minimum criteria:

• Particulate matter (PM) Levels
• Sulphur oxides (SOx)
• Nitrogen oxides (NOx)
• Volatile organic compounds (VOCs)
• Carbon monoxide (CO)
• Updated on at least once a week.
• Measured either at a national level by regions or at leasts in 3 big cities.

What data is available

•   Openly licensed? Yes(Here)
•   Is the data available for free? Yes
•   Is the data machine readable? No (HTML, XLS, copy and paste to CSV and XLS)
•   Available in bulk? No
•   Is the data provided on a timely and up to date basis? No
•   Publicly available? Yes(as Air Quality published by Department of Environment Food Agriculture)
•   Is data in digital form? Yes
•   Is the data available online? Yes (Here)
•   Does the data exist? Yes

Details

Air quality emissions testing stations discontinued in 2009 due to consistently low readings. Survey data collated to publish carbon emissions reduction strategy report. Some environmental sensors to monitor vehicle and waste incinerator emissions with published statistics.

Reviewer comments

accepted